Lukam – Lake Story

Three recordings in which Mr Lukam Cholim and Mr Todang Tonglim tell the Lake story. This consists of the following 3 sound files: nst-cho_20120226_07_SM_H4n_Lukam_LakeStoryDictation nst-cho_20120226_08_SM_H4n_Lukam_LakeStoryExplanation nst-cho_20120226_09_SM_H4n_Lukam_LakeStory The details of these recordings are as follows: nst-cho_20120226_07_SM_H4n_Lukam_LakeStoryDictation_Duration 19’27”, Lukam dictating the Story of the Lake of No Return (Nouja Mounphoun), which was later told in full at nst-cho_20120226_08_SM_H4n_Lukam_LakeStory nst-cho_20120226_08_SM_H4n_Lukam_LakeStoryExplanation_Duration 40’01”, Discussion of the meaning of the partly dictated story recorded as nst-cho_20120226_06_SM_H4n_Lukam_LakeStoryDictation nst-cho_20120226_09_SM_H4n_Lukam_LakeStory_Duration 18’52”, Story of the Lake of No Return (Nouja Mounphoun). In this story a very poor girl catches a Naga spirit in her net while fishing and he is thrown into the water. The spirit’s daughter comes to search for him. There is a rock at the edge of the water that has been cleaned by a shaman (khamme)